Three generations relive original sin
Sunday, 20 August 2023, 11:54
Last update: about 8 months ago
Noel Grima
Holm tal-bierah u tal-lumAuthor: Salv SammutPublisher: Horizons / 2023Pages: 212 It is a pity that the publishers gave this book a misleading title and an irrelevant front cover. It is also sad...
A voice crying in the wilderness
Sunday, 20 August 2023, 11:51
Last update: about 8 months ago
In a review article by Edward L. Zammit of Sociology of the Maltese Islands, edited by Michael Briguglio and Maria Brown, Zammit states "that if there is anything about Malta that strikes an observer,...
'The Peking Express' raises niche historical event
Wednesday, 16 August 2023, 15:43
Last update: about 8 months ago
Associated Press
"The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China" by James M. Zimmerman (PublicAffairs) A little-known piece of history is resurfacing 100...
Vietnam vets try to help nation they once attacked
Saturday, 5 August 2023, 08:51
Last update: about 9 months ago
Associated Press
"The Long Reckoning: A Story of War, Peace and Redemption in Vietnam," by George Black (Knopf) In the U.S., we've mostly moved on from our military engagements in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan....
Capricious tales from Malta
Monday, 24 July 2023, 07:31
Last update: about 8 months ago
Capricious Tales from Malta – A History in its making is a collection of short stories which explores the history of Malta, at the crossroads of the Mediterranean, blurring the lines between the...
'Advika' is for movie lovers with romance, mystery
Friday, 7 July 2023, 07:23
Last update: about 10 months ago
Associated Press
"Advika and the Hollywood Wives" by Kirthana Ramisetti (Grand Central) Evening. Interior. We open on an Oscars afterparty, where Advika Srinivasan is making drinks for half of Hollywood while...
Malala Yousafzai working on new book, her 'most personal'
Saturday, 1 July 2023, 12:27
Last update: about 10 months ago
Associated Press
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai is working on a new memoir, the latest book by the young activist from Pakistan known for her advocacy for education for girls and for surviving an assassination...
Judy Blume, on top of the world
Sunday, 4 June 2023, 08:27
Last update: about 11 months ago
Associated Press
At Books & Books, the nonprofit store Judy Blume and her husband have run for the past seven years, you will find her own work in various sections: from general fiction, among the other "B"-named...
Grisham's 'The Exchange,' sequel to 'The Firm,' out in autumn
Saturday, 27 May 2023, 11:02
Last update: about 11 months ago
Associated Press
One of literature's most famous whistleblowers, attorney Mitch McDeere of John Grisham's "The Firm," will soon be back in action — and back in trouble. Doubleday announced Wednesday that...